Directional Overcurrent Protection Principle

Directional Overcurrent Protection Principle: For the main bus-bars in the power stations, due to their importance in the operating conditions, it is required that the disconnection be without any delay…

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Backup Protection of Busbar

Backup Protection of Busbar: Backup Protection of Busbar is the simplest of all to protect the buses with the aid of backup protections of the connected supplying elements which should…

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Stator Protection

Stator Protection: Stator Protection - The type of stator faults likely to occur have been discussed already. The earth-fault current is usually limited by resistance in the neutral of the…

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Phase Comparison Carrier Protection

Phase Comparison Carrier Protection: The phase comparison pilot-relaying operates on the principle of comparing the phase position of the currents at the two ends of the protected section. The Phase…

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Carrier Pilot Protection

Carrier Pilot Protection and Microwave Pilot Protection: The problem of providing economically an auxiliary channel by means of pilots for long lines directed attention to carrier techniques. In this case…

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Selection of Distance Relay

Selection of Distance Relay: The factors to be considered for the Selection of Distance Relay scheme can be enumerated as follows: Speed of operation. Measuring relay characteristics. Fault coverage. Economic…

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Level Detector

Level Detector: Schmitt trigger or level detector circuits are very often employed in static relay circuits as a final stage before the trip coil circuit of the circuit breaker. The…

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